# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horace-de-viel-castel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:56:40.335Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horace-de-viel-castel"
name: "Horace de Viel-Castel"
slug: "horace-de-viel-castel"
description: "Marc-Roch-Horace de Salviac, comte de Viel-Castel, known as Horace de Viel-Castel, was an art lover and collector, and director of the Louvre until 1863. A Bonapartist, he staunchly supported Napoleon III. He was an intimate of Princess Mathilde and of Alfred de Musset, the right arm of Nieuwerkerke until his disgrace on 12 March 1863. He was a great-nephew of Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau."
tagline: "French historian (1802-1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horace_de_Viel_Castel_BNF_Gallica.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1802-08-16"
deathDate: "1864-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.806948
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84"
    title: "هوراس دى فييل كاستل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_de_Viel-Castel"
    title: "Horace de Viel-Castel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_de_Viel-Castel"
    title: "Horace de Viel-Castel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_de_Viel-Castel"
    title: "Horace de Viel-Castel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_de_Viel-Castel"
    title: "Horace de Viel-Castel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3140481"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump